Big City Life

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“Big City Life”
“Big City Life” cover
Single by Mattafix
from the album Signs of a Struggle
Released August 8, 2005
Format Digital download, CD single, EP
Recorded 2005
Genre Reggae
Hip-Hop
Length 3:57
Label Virgin Records (EMI International), Angel Records, Beegood Limited, Buddhist Punk
Mattafix singles chronology
"11.30 (Dirtiest Trick in Town)"
(2005)		 "Big City Life"
(2005)		 "Passer By"
(2005)

"Big City Life" is a single from Mattafix's debut album, Signs of a Struggle, released in 2005. The chorus is sung in Jamaican Creole. The single topped the charts in Germany, Poland, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and New Zealand. The song also peaked at #2 on the European Singles Chart. Although the band is British, the song was much more successful internationally than in their home country. However, the song did peak at number 15 in the United Kingdom.

On September 1, 2006 "Big City Life" was the winner of the 43rd Sopot International Song Festival in Poland. The song also appeared as an EA Trax song on the 2006 FIFA World Cup (video game).

Contents

[edit] Track listings

[edit] Digital download

  1. "Big City Life" (Original Mix)

[edit] CD single

  1. "Big City Life" (Original Mix)
  2. "Big City Life" (Cutfather & Joe Mix)

[edit] EP

  1. "Big City Life" (Original Mix)
  2. "Big City Life" (Cutfather & Joe Mix)
  3. "Big City Life" (Solid Groove)
  4. "Big City Life" (Mattafix Remix)

[edit] Peak chart positions

Chart (2005-2006) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 19
Austrian Singles Chart 1
Belgian Singles Chart 12
Dutch Singles Chart 84
European Singles Chart 2
Finnish Singles Chart 12
French Singles Chart 17
German Singles Chart 1
Italian Singles Chart 1
Luxembourg Singles Chart 13
New Zealand Singles Chart 1
Norwegian Singles Chart 3
Polish Singles Chart 1
Swedish Singles Chart 17
Swiss Singles Chart 1
UK Singles Chart 15
Ukrainian Singles Chart 35
United World Chart 20
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